The Pioneer Woman Cooks
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Authors: Ree Drummond
The Pioneer Woman Cooks
Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl
Ree Drummond
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
NEWS FLASH: ISOLATED RANCH WIFE ENTERS THE DIGITAL AGE
THE CAST OF CHARACTERS
STARTERS
BBQ JALAPEÑO POPPERS
PICO DE GALLO
PW’S POTATO SKINS
KATIE’S ROASTED CORN SALAD
HOT ARTICHOKE DIP
IN THE MORNING
CINNAMON ROLLS
INY’S PRUNE CAKE WITH BUTTERMILK ICING
BUTTERMILK BISCUITS
EGG-IN-THE-HOLE
BASIC BREAKFAST POTATOES
PW BREAKFAST BURRITOS
BREAKFAST BOWLS
MARMALADE MUFFINS
MIGAS
FRENCH BREAKFAST PUFFS
MAPLE PECAN SCONES
HUEVOS HYACINTH
EDNA MAE’S SOUR CREAM PANCAKES
DINNER
SIMPLE, PERFECT CHILI
MARLBORO MAN’S FAVORITE SANDWICH
ONION STRINGS
SPICY PULLED PORK
MACARONI AND CHEESE
BEANS AND CORNBREAD
SKILLET CORNBREAD
SHERRIED TOMATO SOUP
PIZZA CRUST
POTATO-LEEK PIZZA
Variation
COWBOY CALZONE
SUNDAY DINNER
PERFECT POT ROAST
CHICKEN POT PIE
PERFECT PIE CRUST
CHICKEN SPAGHETTI
SUPPER
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHAPS AND CHINKS
CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK
PW’S CREAMY MASHED POTATOES
MEATLOAF
TWICE-BAKED POTATOES
FRIED CHICKEN
BRAISED BEEF BRISKET
CHEESE GRITS
RIB-EYE STEAK WITH WHISKEY CREAM SAUCE
HOMEMADE RANCH WITH ICEBERG WEDGE
COMFORT MEATBALLS
SIMPLE, PERFECT ENCHILADAS
LINGUINE WITH CLAM SAUCE
LASAGNA
PENNE ALLA BETSY
COWGIRL DINNER PARTY
SANGRÍA
ROASTED BEEF TENDERLOIN
BURGUNDY MUSHROOMS
CREAMY ROSEMARY POTATOES
OLIVE CHEESE BREAD
CRÈME BRÛLÉE
SWEETS
PATSY’S BLACKBERRY COBBLER
FLAT APPLE PIE
CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE
MOCHA BROWNIES
OATMEAL CRISPIES
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE (IN AN IRON SKILLET)
PEACH CRISP WITH MAPLE CREAM SAUCE
RED VELVET CAKE
ANGEL SUGAR COOKIES
KEEPIN’ IT REAL
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
The End
About the Author
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
DEDICATION
THIS COOKBOOK IS DEDICATED TO MARLBORO MAN, who rescued me years ago from a certain future of black pumps, weekly pedicures, take-out Thai food, and stop-start traffic. Thank you for turning my life into something I never imagined and for showing me a side of the world I never thought would apply to me. Thank you for loving me through my daily foibles as I continue to plow through life in the country, and for never making me feel like a misfit…even though I am.
Thank you for giving me our weird and wonderful children, and for involving them so wholly in the day-to-day work on the ranch. Thank you for teaching them how to work cattle and haul hay so I can stay home and act busy. Thank you for giving them a childhood so different from my own, and for not scoffing if I want to take them to a musical in the big city every couple of years.
Finally, thank you not only for tolerating the kitchen hurricane this labor-of-love cookbook caused, but for helping me wash a pot or two.
You surprise me daily.
And I love your Wranglers.
I grew up on the seventh fairway of an idyllic golf course in a corporate town of 35,000. As the daughter of an orthopedic surgeon, my childhood was defined by summers at the pool, vacations on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and Broadway trips to New York with my mom. I was the archetypal town girl, firmly attached to all the wonderful conveniences of a suburban existence: landscaped lawns, manicures, pedicures, facials, take-out food…and lots of shopping. I had no idea any other kind of life existed.
Still, I decided my experiences needed a little broadening. I blazed straight to Los Angeles for college, attended USC, and drank in all the wonderfulness of the city. I lived large, vowing never, ever to live away from a large city for the rest of my life. I loved the energy, the people, the pace. I adored the freaks on Venice Beach.
circa 1986